396 Haitian migrants detained on 50-foot boat near Bahamas

U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Nearly 400 Migrants from Overloaded Sailboat near Bahamas

U.S. Coast Guardsman interdicted an overloaded sailboat in Bahamanian waters on January 21. Coast Guard officials found the vessel after rescuing one Haitian migrant who reportedly fell overboard.

Boat carrying 396 Haitian migrants intercepted by US Coast Guard

A 50ft boat carrying almost 400 Haitian people was intercepted by the US Coast Guard (USCG) near the Bahamas on Saturday, 21 January. Bahamian officials said it was one of the biggest human smuggling incidents in the region. It comes as thousands of Haitians are fleeing a spike in gang violence and political instability in the country, which has no democratically-elected institutions. The migrants were detained to the Cay Sal island between Flor…

Coast Guard Stops Boat with 400 Haitians Off the Bahamas That Was Likely Headed to Florida

The Coast Guard has intercepted more than 2,000 people from Haiti and 5,180 Cubans migrating by boat since the beginning of October.

Coast Guard stops boat with 400 Haitians off the Bahamas that was likely headed to Florida

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a migrant boat carrying nearly 400 people from Haiti near an isolated island in the Bahamas, according to Bahamian officials. Read more...

USCG: Nearly 400 migrants detained near Bahamas

The U.S. Coast Guard detained a boat carrying 396 Haitian migrants near The Bahamas, officials said.

The Coast Guard rescues 396 Haitians in waters near the Bahamas

The agency said that these people who seek to reach Florida will be repatriated